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Rahul Gandhi offers to resign as Congress president25 May 2019 13:19Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday offered to step down from his post taking moral responsibility of the humiliating defeat the party faced in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
However, the resignation was turned down by the Congress …

Congress dismisses talk of Rahul Gandhi’s resignation25 May 2019 09:38Category: Politics Posted by Syed Qayam Ali Published: May 25, 2019, 2:27 pm IST Updated: May 25, 2019, 2:27 pm IST
New Delhi: Congress on Saturday dismissed reports that party president Rahul Gandhi has offered to resign from his post following the party’ …

Powerful IEDs seized in Chhattisgarh25 May 2019 09:19The Improvised Explosive Devices were planted near the well to target security personnel. Representational picture. Express Photo By Neeraj Priyadarshi/09/04/2010.
A major tragedy was averted when security forces recovered five powerful IEDs, …

Rahul Gandhi Addresses Party's Top Leaders On Election Disaster25 May 2019 09:01New Delhi:
Rahul Gandhi addressed top Congress leaders at a post-mortem of a national election debacle which, many say, exposes an existential crisis for the grand old party. Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala told reporters mid-way through the …

Rahul Gandhi Has Not Offered To Resign Yet, Clarifies Congress25 May 2019 08:12New Delhi: The Congress denied today that Rahul Gandhi had offered to resign over the party's national election debacle as its top leaders met for a post-mortem after its 52-seat disaster - only a few more than its historic low of 44 in 2014.
In this …

Cong dismisses reports of Rahul's resignation; CWC meet underway25 May 2019 07:49Though there was no official word on the agenda for the meeting, sources said the committee will talk about future strategies.
New Delhi: Congress’ Randeep Singh Surjewala dismissed the rumours of party President Rahul Gandhi offering his resignation on …

Rahul Gandhi's Resignation Rejected At Top Congress Meet25 May 2019 07:18New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today offered to resign over the Congress party's epic fail in the national election in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP and its allies won a spectacular mandate of over 350 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha. As …

Congress top decision-making body meets to discuss LS rout25 May 2019 06:46New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met on Saturday to discuss the reasons for the party’s abysmal performance across the country in the 2019 general elections.
Foremost on the table is the challenge to keep the flock together in …

Regional representation, berths to allies likely in new BJP govt25 May 2019 06:06NEW DELHI | MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new Council of Ministers is likely to have new faces from states such as West Bengal and Karnataka as well as appropriate representation from the NDA partners despite BJP having a clear majority.
Party …

Lok Sabha elections: How India voted25 May 2019 03:29When over 60 million people across region, language, religion, caste, gender and other identities come out to elect a government for five years, they leave behind a rich footprint of preferences and behaviours. This time, more than in 2014, the voting …

Half of Team Modi may be new25 May 2019 03:28Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Aiming to create a robust party leadership for the next decade that is familiar with all aspects of governance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday began consultations to pick his new council of ministers, so as to …

Lok Sabha election results: BJP sweeps and gains25 May 2019 01:07Prime Minister Narendra Modi with senior BJP leader L K Advani in New Delhi, Friday. (PTI)
West Bengal: 42 Lok Sabha seats
The BJP increased its tally from 2 to 18 and its vote share from 16.8 per cent to 40.3 per cent. While the TMC’s tally dipped by 12, …

What the thumping mandate for Modi means24 May 2019 22:02The first thing one notices about the Lok Sabha election, in which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a phenomenal victory, is that elections are no longer a game of chance. Majoritarian politics has robbed elections of a sense of contestation. …

BJP’s election victory: Of Modi, by Modi and for Modi24 May 2019 21:27The two most commonly used taglines for the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign in the just concluded parliamentary elections were “phir ek baar Modi sarkar” and “Modi hai to mumkin hai.” Both have come tellingly true as borne out the poll outcome that gave …

LS polls: UPA performance only marginally better than last time24 May 2019 20:59[India], May 24 (ANI): Congress managed to add only eight seats to its tally of 44 it had won in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, marking its second consecutive electoral debacle in five years.
Last elections were the worst for the Congress when it got the …

How UP was conquered24 May 2019 18:55Celebrations at Bharatiya Janta Party state head office in Lucknow. (Express photo: Vishal Srivastav)
Contrary to nearly all expectations, the BJP has succeeded in retaining Uttar Pradesh, the key to holding its majority at the Centre. The Mahagathbandhan, …

Failure after debacle24 May 2019 18:55The leaders who led the Congress to defeat in 2014 continue to manage the party in 2019.
Verdict 2019 is also a resounding vote of no confidence in the Congress, its leadership and the narrative it offered to voters. The party has barely managed to improve …

Did not expect this result: Kharge on party's huge LS poll loss24 May 2019 17:13Kharge lost from Gulbarga parliamentary constituency in Karnataka by a margin of 95452 votes against BJP's Dr Umesh G Jadhav.
Kalaburgi: Reflecting on the disappointing loss of his party in the Lok Sabha election, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun …

Bihar sees highest number of NOTA votes, Gopalganj tops tally24 May 2019 16:42Image for representation
Bihar saw about 8.17 lakh voters opting for the None of The Above (NOTA) option - the highest in the country - while exercising their franchise in the 17th Lok Sabha polls.
According to the Election Commission's website, the …

Rahul may offer to quit in CWC meet tomorrow24 May 2019 16:09Gandhi apparently wants to send a signal that he was also accountable for party's performance which was not any better than 2014 results.
New Delhi: Severely mauled for a second time in consecutive Lok Sabha elections, the Congress Working Committee ( …

Have your say: Should RaGa quit?24 May 2019 14:50Should Rahul Gandhi also resign and make way for a new, perhaps better, leader?
The 2019 Lok Sabha election was a set of a bitter sweet contest for Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. He lost his family bastion, Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, to firebrand Bharatiya …

Fire at SAIL's Bhilai steel plant; no casualty24 May 2019 14:05By IANS
NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at the Coke Ovens and Coal Chemicals (CO&CC) Department in SAIL's Bhilai steel plant in Chhattisgarh on Friday morning, the company said, adding no injury or casualty was reported.
"A fire was reported at …

Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Party-wise and State-wise results24 May 2019 13:56Counting of votes for the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections 2019 began Thursday morning across the country. Election Commission officials said results are expected only by late evening. The fate of as many as 8,040 candidates will be decided today when the …

Gandhi Family Alone Can Keep Party Intact, Says Congress Leader24 May 2019 12:06Rahul Gandhi has matured as a leader and grown in stature, Marri Shashidhar Reddy said
Hyderabad: The stepping aside of the Gandhi family from the leadership role in the Congress following its debacle in the Lok Sabha elections is not a solution, a senior …

Rahul Gandhi may offer to resign at CWC meet on Saturday24 May 2019 11:36New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Amid speculation that Congress President Rahul Gandhi may offer to resign, a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting is scheduled on Saturday to look into the reasons for the party’s Lok Sabha elections debacle and decide on its …

‘Feeling of regret’ led BJP’s victory in Hindi heartland states24 May 2019 10:06The large voter turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Hindi heartland states -- MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh -- has benefitted BJP.
Mumbai: The large voter turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the Hindi heartland states -- Madhya Pradesh, …

Modi vs Modi: Time for unchallenged leader to decide his legacy24 May 2019 09:15By Ruchir Sharma
Narendra Modi’s smashing victory has upended many rules of Indian politics.
For one, never before has a party lost by a landslide in state assembly elections, then come back to win a landslide victory in the same state in the general …

By Failing To Unite, Opposition Gifted Modi, BJP 300 Seats24 May 2019 08:53In the end, it turned out to be a no-contest. Before the votes were counted, many people, including this writer, believed that even though Narendra Modi was sure to return as Prime Minister, he would do so with far smaller numbers than he had won in 2014, …

How a right PM took left turn24 May 2019 08:05Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on his way to address a poll meeting when he saw a news alert pop up on his iPad about Congress president Rahul Gandhi claiming that the Supreme Court had endorsed his allegations about Modi’s personal complicity in alleged …

Major Fire Breaks Out At Bhilai Steel Plant, No Casualties Reported24 May 2019 08:03The cause of the fire is not yet known.
Bhilai: A major fire broke out this morning at the Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh, about 30 km away from state capital Raipur.
Ten fire tenders are at the spot trying to douse the flames. The cause of the blaze …

Political sidelining of Muslims holds ominous signs24 May 2019 07:35By Afroz Alam
Are Indian Muslims confronting the void? Political parties are no longer engaging with Muslims like they used to. This process of withdrawal and fracturing began with the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and carries on in 2019.
Globally, the …

Victorious Modi promises a ‘New India’24 May 2019 07:25Narendra Modi’s massive general election victory, now ratified, gives him a fresh chance to show that he has the executive ability to push through urgent changes in India’s economic development while also reining in the divisive aspects of his party’s …

In continuing Modi surge, BJP claims Middle India (IANS Special)24 May 2019 06:45New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party has effected a redrawing of its support base that now spreads beyond the Hindi heartland to include at least 10 states that form its core.
The results of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections show that Middle …

Historic Encore: Modi wave decimates opposition24 May 2019 06:38DIMAPUR, MAY 23 (MExN): Narendra Modi will be Prime Minister again, as his party came back to power today with an even bigger majority than in 2014.
The BJP alone was set to win 303 seats and along with its allies was leading in or won 349 seats, far …

INDIA DECIDES FOR MODI SARKAR 2.024 May 2019 05:06"India wins yet again!" tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as it became clear that Congress, India's oldest political party that had mounted a major challenge to him, was set to be routed, winning just marginally more seats than the 44 it …

Modiâ€™s saffron tsunami puts India on a revivalist course24 May 2019 03:14Modi’s saffron tsunami puts India on a revivalist course
By Imtiaz Alam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing his victory rally, has boasted that “no party could dare talk of secularism” after its exposure at the hands of “pseudoto secularists”. …

Rahul Gandhi: Is this the end of the Gandhi dynasty?24 May 2019 02:02Image copyright
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Could Rahul Gandhi's defeat be the end of his family's political dynasty?
On Thursday when Indian PM Narendra Modi won a landslide victory in the Indian elections, Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the Nehru- …

Amit Shah’s Cabinet entry, BJP rejig on cards?24 May 2019 01:54Under Mr Shah’s leadership, the BJP won the tag of “largest political organisation in the world” with more than 11 crore members.
New Delhi: With the BJP surpassing its own 2014 tally and registering another thumping majority in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, …

What we now can expect from Modi24 May 2019 01:50'As long as a Hindu rashtra is not formalised, one can live in hope,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters
Five years ago, he won the general election by promising jobs.
Now, he has won another election by pledging to kill …

Resounding win for BJP, breaks new grounds in WB, Odisha24 May 2019 01:43New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Riding high on the planks of muscular nationalism and anti-Congressism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday secured a resounding mandate for the second consecutive term as BJP crossed the 300 mark by breaking new …

India election: how Narendra Modi won with an even bigger majority24 May 2019 01:43The stunning majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 Indian election is a massive political achievement for its leadership: the prime minister, Narendra Modi, and the party's president, Amit Shah. Early results from the world's …

India votes Modi back with landmark mandate24 May 2019 01:24New Delhi, India - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalistÂ Bharatiya Janata PartyÂ (BJP) is on course to a landslide victory in the Indian elections and is set to return to power.
The BJP, which ran a presidential-style campaign with Modi as …

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh swing back to BJP23 May 2019 23:59Around six months after the BJP lost the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh to the Congress, the party, along with an ally, carried out a near complete sweep of the Lok Sabha seats in the three states, winning 62 out of the 65 …

Lok Sabha Election 2019: Gloomiest phase for Gandhis23 May 2019 23:32The Congress helmed by its President Rahul Gandhi, his sister and General Secretary Priyanka Vadra and their mother Sonia Gandhi today stared at one of the gloomiest phases for the party after the Bharatiya Janata Party won a historic mandate in …

BJP storms back to power with overwhelming majority23 May 2019 21:56Riding on muscular nationalism and a strident anti-Congress plank spearheaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP on Thursday got an overwhelming majority in the Lok Sabha, crossing on its own the 300 mark while storming back to power for the second …

Modi wins big again23 May 2019 21:42Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi scored a dramatic election victory yesterday, putting his Hindu nationalist party on course to increase its majority on a mandate of business-friendly policies and a tough stand on national security.
His re-election …

Opposition parties failed to engage the BJP ideologically23 May 2019 20:24For the BJP, the challenge in this election was to compensate for possible losses in Uttar Pradesh and other Hindi heartland States by gaining new seats in West Bengal and Odisha. In U.P., the BJP won 71 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha election; this time, it …

BJP will repeat its electoral success in Chhattisgarh: Raman Singh23 May 2019 00:01[India], May 22 (ANI): Former Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday claimed that BJP would repeat the electoral success in Chhattisgarh.
"People of Chhattisgarh have voted for the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We are preparing to repeat the …

Centre’s NIA probe into Mandavi killing irks Chhattisgarh govt22 May 2019 22:37On the NIA website, the case was recorded as registered on May 17, as per an order by the Ministry of Home Affairs direction dated one day previously. (Logo)
The Centre’s move earlier this week to launch a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the …

An opportunity for Chhattisgarh govt to walk the talk on education22 May 2019 02:32Students of Classes 1 to VIII in Chhattisgarh Government schools took a new kind of annual examination this year. They were tested on the extent to which they had mastered competencies prescribed, instead of bits from the syllabus. The significance of the …

Two cops injured in IED blast by Naxals in Chhattisgarh's Sukma21 May 2019 06:04By PTI
RAIPUR: Two District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel were injured on Tuesday when Naxals detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district, police said.
The incident took place near Gogunda village, located around 500 …

Six killed, 10 hurt in SUV-truck collision in Chhattisgarh ​20 May 2019 11:44By PTI
RAIPUR: Six people, including a woman and a minor girl, were killed and 10 others injured when an SUV collided with a truck in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district on Monday, a police official said.
The mishap took place at Pendari Ghat when 15 …

CRPF Personnel Killed In Accidental Firing In Chhattisgarh's Sukma16 May 2019 02:23A local police official said that a probe is being conducted in the matter. (Representational)
Sukma: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel was on Wednesday killed in an accidental fire from his service rifle in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, an …